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They may not have welcomed the order from Downing Street to launch an investigation into Madeleine McCann's disappearance, but at least Scotland Yard detectives have made a first visit to Portugual.I can't imagine they were given a warm welcome by their Portuguese colleagues whose work (failure to solve the mystery) the Met team is reviewing.Still, it's a step in the right direction and officially the two groups met "with very good co-operation and liaison will continue."There are 30 Met officers - the equivalent of a murder squad - working on the review and I'm told that a senior officer is having to give regular spending updates to the Home Office which is funding an operation that will cost several millions and last many months.It's four months since the review was launched with great fanfare by the Prime Minister after a plea from Kate and Gerry McCann.The couple had long felt abandoned by the British and Portuguese authorities to hunt alone for their missing daughter.But it's difficult to get much information about the operation from the cops, No 10 or the Home Office.A recent Freedom of Information request for answers to a dozen of so questions has been held up by the Yard's FOI man while he considers if the info sought is in the public interest.

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Scotland Yard officers were in Portugal in August to discuss with the authorities to investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, official sources confirmed today in London. The Portuguese PJ and PGR claims that have no knowledge of this information.

"They were in Portugal in August and met with the Portuguese police, but we will not disclose it," said a spokesman for the British police agency Lusa.

The help of British police in the search for Madeleine McCann, who disappeared in Portugal in 2003 just days before completing four years of age, was ordered by the British Government in May this year.

The intervention of British Prime Minister, David Cameron, came after an open letter from the parents of Madeleine McCann, Kate and Gerry for an "independent review, complete and transparent" process of inquiry.

The couple, who came to be accused by the Portuguese authorities in 2007, intends to be analyzed all the information gathered by the Police of the two countries.

Investigations by the Judicial Police (PJ) Portuguese ended with the filing of the case by the Attorney General's Office (PGR) in July 2008.---------------------------------------------------------------http://aeiou.expresso.pt/madeleine-policia-britanica-encontrou-se-com-agentes-portugueses-em-agosto-diz-fonte-oficial-mas-pj-e-pgr-desconhecem=f672660

Madeleine: British police officers met with the Portuguese in August, said an official source, but PJ and PGR claims that don´t have any knowledge about such information

London, Sept. 8 (AP) - Agents from Scotland Yard were in Portugal last August to discuss with the Portuguese authorities the investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, official sources confirmed today in London, but the PGR and PJ Portuguese claims no knowledge about this information.--------------------------------------------------------

British police was in Portugal in August to discuss the investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann.

Scotland Yard officers were in Portugal last August to discuss with the authorities the investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, official sources confirmed today in London, but the PGR and PJ Portuguese claims no knowledge of this information.

"They were in Portugal in August and met with the Portuguese police, but we will not discuss it," said a spokesman for the British police to agency Lusa.

The help of British police in the search for Madeleine McCann, who disappeared in Portugal in 2007 just days before completing four years of age, was ordered by the British Government in May this year.

The intervention of British Prime Minister, David Cameron, came after an open letter from the parents of Madeleine McCann, Kate and Gerry for an "independent review, complete and transparent" process of inquiry.

The couple, who came to be accused made by the Portuguese authorities in 2007, intended to be analyzed all the information gathered by the Police of the two countries.

Investigations by the Judicial Police (PJ) Portuguese ended with the filing of the case by the Attorney General's Office (PGR) in July 2008.

Contacted by AFP, both the PJ and the RMP have not confirmed the information that officers from Scotland Yard were in Portugal in August to discuss the Portuguese authorities with the investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine.

PJ said an official source of not "knowing" such information as the PGR said through the spokesman, "no knowledge" of this meeting, adding that "in fact, nothing was asked or notified."

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Three elite officers from the British investigative police, Scotland Yard, arrived discreetly in Lisbon earlier last month. And they followed immediately to a meeting that was scheduled at the Judiciary Police [PJ] headquarters - in order to "tune up the cooperation mechanisms" in the analyses of new leads in the Maddie case, this was confirmed to Correio da Manhã by Pedro do Carmo [pictured above], the National joint director of the PJ.

The news was advanced yesterday by SkyNews after this team, from the Scotland Yard, was created in May by the direct order of Prime Minister David Cameron; following an appeal made to him by Kate and Gerry McCann, parents of the young girl who disappeared in Praia da Luz, Lagos, on the night of May 3, 2007. The aim of the English investigators, who returned to London the following day is to comb thoroughly all the information and leads that were followed in the process - so they can suggest new steps to be taken to the PJ if appropriate.

The process is formally archived, "but it is the interest of PJ and of the Scotland Yard that we can, one day, get to the truth of the facts" of what happened in Praia da Luz, Pedro do Carmo adds. The head of the PJ, who chaired the meeting, advanced that it was a "constructive" meeting - ​​that united the British and elements of the PJ from Portimão, where the investigation unfolded.

It continues to arrive to the Portuguese and British police dozens of information, anonymous or not, about what could have happened to the English girl, with four years of age then, inside the apartment 5A of the Ocean Club. The majority concern the sightings in various places around the world, which have revealed themselves to be unfounded; others are more credible and have to be checked. Some point to kidnapping; others to the involvement of adults close to the child.David Cameron gave in to the couple

The imposition of the British Prime-Minister to the Scotland Yard, in May, at the time of the book launch, ‘Madeleine’, in the United Kingdom, which coincided with the eight birthday of the missing child's disappearance, caused controversy in England. It was seen by some as a populist measure, of a politician that gave a differential treatment to the McCann couple - who had characterized Cameron as a "devout father and family man", asking him for a "independent review and transparent of the process". The Prime-Minister replied assuring them that he would commit the Scotland Yard to the case.

"The English have evidence": Gonçalo Amaral, former investigator of the process

Correio da Manhã – What can the English police add to the investigation?

Gonçalo Amaral – The English can always present the conclusions to which they themselves arrived in 2007. Because they know, they have the evidence of what happened - they don't need to investigate anything. All this is now a mere ‘show off’.

– How can these meetings be justified now?

– Only in terms of the political image of the English Prime-Minister. They are not coming here certainly to ask to consult a process, that they, from the first hour, have in England and fully translated in English...

– Is this another media maneuver from the McCanns?

– I don't know, however, if the Scotland Yard is investigating and if they no longer pay their detectives, they can return the money from the book.

in Correio da Manhã, September 9, 2011

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Firstly, as ever with Morais, CAVEAT EMPTOR!!!!

She has apparently changed the pictures that goes with the article. In the online CdM, this is used to illustrate the story:

The team is currently sifting through 20,000 pages of evidence assembled by Portuguese detectives. They will review witness statements, make a fresh appeal for ­information and carefully re-check alibis